Abstract
Membrane-extraction ion mobility spectrometry (ME-IMS) has been developed for in situ sampling and analysis of trace chlorinated hydrocarbons in water in a single procedure. The sampling is configured so that aqueous contaminants permeate through a spiral hollow poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) membrane and are carried away by a vapor flow through the membrane tube. The extracted analyte flows into an atmospheric-pressure chemical-ionization (APCI) chamber and is analyzed in a specially made IMS analyzer. The PDMS membrane was found to effectively extract chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents from the liquid phase to vapor. The specialized IMS analyzer has measured resolutions of R = 33 and 41, respectively, for negative- and positive-modes and is capable of detecting aqueous tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) as low as 80 and 74 microg/L in the negative ion mode, respectively. The time-dependent characteristics of sampling and detection of TCE are both experimentally and theoretically studied for various concentrations, membrane lengths, and flow rates. These characteristics demonstrate that membrane-extraction IMS is feasible for the continuous monitoring of chlorinated hydrocarbons in water.
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